Strap fastener



April 26 1932. A. K. sPAuLmNG A 1,855,894

STRAP FASTENER Filed June 27, 1931 gb WML (KEA Patented Apr. 26, 1932 PATENT OFFICE .ARTHUR K. SPAULDING, F BOSTON, MASSA-CHUSETTS STRAP FASTENER Application led June 27,

My invention relates to fasteners for straps and the like, and is also adapted for use as a fastener for garments.

My invention is adapted to replace the common form of buckle such as is used vwith straps of various kinds, belts and garment fastenings where a buckle is ordinarily used. It is particularly adapted for use as an ornamental fastener for waist belts, strap io shoes and the like.

My invention consists of a combination member of novel character, which may be secured to one end of a strap, or to one fold of a garment, to cooperate with av free strap end to secure it separably in fastened position.

The novelty of construction and the advantages of my invention are hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying specification and the drawings forming a part thereof.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a sectional side elevation of a preferred form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on 2-2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on 3 3 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4.- is a sectional end elevation, enlarged, showing a modification.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the operation of releasing the fastener.

Referring to the drawings, the base element 1() is preferably formed as a channel with flanges 11 to guide the strap end A. when it is inserted. This element is perforated and rivets 12 secure it to the strap end B, or to a r fold of the garment, as the case may be.

N hen this device is used as a belt fastener, the strap ends A and B are obviously integral, but used in connection with shoes they are separate elements. For a garment 0 fastener, a strap end A is secured to one fold,

and the fastener to the other fold, in operative relation.

Hinged to the base element 10 as at 14:, is a cover 15, provided with a stud like projection 16, adapted to engage and pass 1931. Serial No. 547,211.

through perforations 13 in the strap end A.

The cover is formed with ears 17, provided on contiguous surfaces, with knob like projections 18, adapted t0 engage corresponding depressions 2O in the side walls 19 of the base element 10, and as the cover 15 is swung in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 5, the stud is disengaged with the strap end which may then be withdrawn. While the cover may be lifted to release by pressing up on the end 22 of the cover, I prefer to swing it by pressure of the thumb on the extension 21 overhanging the hinge and serving as a lever with fulcrum at the hinge.

In the modification shown in Fig. 1, the

stud 16 is formed with a groove 23, and

the base element is formed as a flattened tube, parted longitudinally at 24, the flanges thus formed as at 11, having recesses in contiguous edges as at 25, forming an orifice into which the stud 16 may enter. The

orifice thus formed is of such size that when the cover is pressed down at the stud end,

there will be sufficient spread of the flanges to permit passage of the stud and engagement of the groove with the inner periphery of the orifice, and yet will permit ready release by the means described. The cover element may be suitably ornamented or engraved to suit the particular case in which the fastener is used.

One of the principal advantages of my invention is in the facility with which it may be operated to engage or disengage.

A further advantage is in the economy of production which adapts it to a variety of uses where a low price is a commercial consideration.

I do not confine myself to the preferred form shown nor to the modification, as other modied forms may be used within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A strap fastener comprising a base element formed With lianges to guide the free end of a strap; a cover element hinged thereto in iXed axial relation therewith, and provided with a projection adapted to engage a hole in the strap; and an extension on the cover element projecting rearwardly of the hinge, forming a lever to Which pressure may be applied to swing the cover element on its hinge and release the projection from the strap; and yielding means for retaining the cover element in closed position.

ARTHUR K. SPAULDING. 

